Episode #8: Josh Leonard and Post-Progressivism

Josh Leonard is Executive Director of the Institute for Cultural Evolution. In addition to Josh’s many years of thought leadership in integral theory and practice, developmental studies, and polarity theory, he brings 22 years of non-profit operational management, including 10 years of non-profit executive leadership, with the YMCA to this role. He has put high-level organizational design into practice by implementing Robert Kegan’s Deliberately Developmental Organization model, and designing and leading the strategic planning process for the YMCA of San Francisco. He has experience leading large communication projects, website upgrades, and social media campaigns, and is skilled in communicating through “highest common denominator” values that engage and inspire a diverse audience. In this episode of MIP, Nate, Ryan and Josh discuss the Post-progressive approach and Josh's work at ICE (Institute for Cultural Evolution), understanding worldview and value polarities, contrasting meta-ideological politics with post-progressivism, concerns with “centrism” as conventionally defined, culture war and identity, theory of change and practical implementation, horizontal vs vertical approaches to worldviews, high level conservative thinkers, Andrew Yang’s new political party, local vs national politics, what Josh would need to see from Ryan to endorse him as a post-progressive candidate, Obama vs Romney, and the primacy of community. https://www.culturalevolution.org https://post-progressive.org